Bishop Sycamore scandal to be documentary

The Bishop Sycamore high school football scandal is heading to HBO.

The network is set to produce “BS High,” a documentary that will chronicle the Bishop Sycamore football team, which advertised itself as an Ohio high school powerhouse and claimed to have numerous high-level college prospects. In truth, the team was middling at best, and the high school was fictional.

The film will be directed by Travon Free and Desmond Roe, who previously directed “Two Distant Strangers,” which won the “Best Live Action Short Film Award” at the 93rd Academy Awards.

National attention turned to Bishop Sycamore after the team’s 58-0 loss to IMG Academy on ESPN. People noted that the school’s listed address was that of the Resolute Athletic Complex, an indoor sports facility near Easton Town Center, where the team practiced once a month and did not hold classes.

The spotlight also fell on the team’s lack of football success as well as its dangerous schedule. Two days prior to their loss to IMG Academy, Bishop Sycamore lost 19-7 to Sto-rox.

Former coach Roy Johnson, who had a bench warrant out in Delaware County associated with an assault charge that was reduced to criminal mischief, was fired after Bishop Sycamore’s loss by athletic director Andre Peterson.

Peterson later called Bishop Sycamore “a post-grad football academy” and not a school.

According to Ohio Department of Education, during the 2021-22 school year, Bishop Sycamore was not considered a charter school. It was, however, listed as a “non-chartered, nontax supported school” the year before.